by Moyer Total Wellness | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog
Thanks to Michael Phelps and the 2016 Summer Olympics, cupping therapy, or myofascial decompression, has gained a lot of steam. Even though most people have heard of cupping, I’m still often asked what it is and how it works! What is Cupping? Cupping therapy has...
by Moyer Total Wellness | Apr 10, 2018 | Blog
The lonely muscle. The muscle nobody likes to talk about. The muscle that so badly needs to be massaged but nobody wants to be anywhere near it. I’m talking about your subscapularis; that one muscle in your rotator cuff that likes to hide under your shoulder blade...
by Moyer Total Wellness | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog
You may already know that I used to work for the Cenegenics Medical Institute – they are the worldwide leader in ‘Age Management Medicine’. Clients paid $2000 to come to the institute for 4 hours. Two of those hours were spent in a Wellness Consultation with me. ...
by Moyer Total Wellness | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
Trigger Point Treatment of TMJ As a massage therapist, I hear the complaints of jaw dysfunction & Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ / TMD) all the time: jaw pain, popping, bruxism (teeth grinding / teeth clenching), tinnitus (ringing in ears), migraines,...
by Moyer Total Wellness | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog
Acupuncture for Pain Relief – Why Acupuncture Beats Opiates for Pain Relief The Problem with Pharmaceuticals Between 1999 and 2014, over 60% of the drug overdoses in the United States were related to opioid use, including both opioid pain relievers prescribed...
by Moyer Total Wellness | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
Are they? No! Deep tissue massage and deep pressure massage are not one in the same and knowing the difference is very important! So let’s dig a little deeper into this issue! Pun intended. No Pain, No Gain? Hi, I’m a massage therapist and I specialize in deep...